Catching up with a Creative Mastermind

Just hit up an old friend that I met in 2013 at Startup Weekend, Benedict. I was attracted to his creativity and passion for changing the world for people like him. You see he lives in a wheelchair while the world around him lives without one.

When I met him I was inspired, because he had this vision and drive to change the way travel accommodations were for people like him. He started this company called Trekable, which was a rating system for hotels based on their level of accommodation for people in wheelchairs. The company not only would travel around the world to rate hotels, but provided employee training on helping people in wheelchairs.  It was simply a great idea! Unfortunately, after working on it for a few years he didn’t get the traction he was hoping for and left it in the dust of startups. 

Regardless, I was excited to catch up with him and hear what he had been up to since Trekable. We had dinner at the Scholars Inn in Bloomington, IN. With Benedict’s friends everywhere, we had a free meal and great company by the general managers. I got caught up on the story of Scholars Inn and why they shut down and what is next. I learned that the original restaurant building where we were eating is 160 years old, and has a wine cellar that was used to hide slaves from the Underground Railroad.

It was a great meal and a great to hear updates from his life. He is currently a freelance photographer and helps with video sets and at a variety of other projects! Super cool dude, happy to have such a relationship with a creative mastermind.